When Harry Kane fired home a second first-half penalty, England fans were in dreamland.

Having absolutely destroyed a brutal Panama side during a stunning opening 45 minutes, the Three Lions were on course for the last 16 in Russia with a game to spare.

Kane scored a brace from the penalty spot, John Stones headed home twice and Jesse Lingard curled home beautifully as England rode their opponents' physical approach in Nizhny-Novgorod.

Gareth Southgate's side became the first side to bag five in a half since Germany's 7-1 destruction of Brazil four years ago.

Kane fires home his second penalty (Image: Getty)

England's players celebrate (Image: AFP)

But there's still some way to go in the second half for England to rank in the top five of World Cup wins.

Here's that list...

5. Sweden 8-0 Cuba (1938)

Back in the days when the World Cup was a straight knockout affair, Sweden and Cuba met in the World Cup quarter-finals.

The Swedes progressed through their first round tie with Austria thanks to a walkover - Austria withdrew from the tournament after the Anschluss with Nazi Germany (which led to some of their players joining the German cause) - while Cuba beat Romania following a replay.

However, in Antibes, the Cubans delight at that win would turn to despair, as they were slammed 8-0.

Harry Andersson and Gustav Wetterstrom both helped themselves to hat-tricks.

4. Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia (2002)

The first time Miroslav Klose notched a World Cup goal, and it wouldn't be the last.

Less than 12 months after their 5-1 humbling by England in Munich, Die Mannschaft would reach the World Cup final.

This was the perfect beginning for Rudi Voller's men as Michael Ballack, Carsten Hancker and Bernd Schneider all got on the scoresheet also.

Rout: The scoreboard at the Sapporo Dome told the story (Image: Reuters)

3. Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire (1974)

First-time African qualifiers Zaire were the whipping boys of Group 2 as they emerged from a group with Yugoslavia, Brazil and Scotland with zero points, zero goals scored and 14 conceded.

The other three sides in the group drew both their matches against one another, meaning results against Zaire were vital - and fortunately for Miljan Miljanic's side, they utterly destroyed their opponents in their second game in Gelsenkirchen.

The Yugoslavs were six goals to the good at half-time - they netted four goals in a 14 minute spell - and Dusan Bajevic helped himself to a treble.

However, after topping their group in the first round, Yugoslavia lost all three of their matches in the second group phase.

2. Hungary 9-0 South Korea (1954)

The Magical Magyars were heavy favourites to claim the crown in Switzerland, and did indeed make it to the final - where they were surprisingly beaten by a West Germany side they had beaten 8-3 during the group matches.

Before that initial win, the Hungarians had opened up their tournament with a 9-0 decimation of South Korea in Zurich, with Ferenc Puskas - a year after his dissection of England at Wembley - netting twice and leading with a starring performance.

Sandor Kocsis hit a hat-trick, Zoltan Czibor also got on the scoresheet as Gusztav Sebes side - based around the club side Honved - ran riot to the delight of the 18,000 in attendance.

1. Hungary 10-1 El Salvador (1982)

The 1982 Hungary vintage weren't on a par with the great team of the early-50's - but El Salvador were miserable, and were clinically put to the sword in Spain.

At the Nuevo Estadio in Elche, the Hungarians moved into a 3-0 lead ahead of half-time, but kicked down the floodgates in the second period to rack up the only double digit win in World Cup history.

Laszlo Kiss stepped off the bench to become the first substitute to score a World Cup hat-trick - within seven minutes - while Laszlo Fazekas bagged himself a brace.

Unfortunately, the Hungarians still crashed out at the group stage, despite a goal difference of plus six, as they failed to win against either Belgium and Argentina.